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...a great one for nepotism. If you got a good Government job it was because "Bob's your uncle". It came to mean 'everything's all right'." ...a march ''Stars and Stripes Forever'', is a chant commonly associated with English football fans. It amuses British people that Sousa's rousing marches are pl ...

...ygiene, which is best represented by Irish musician [[wikipedia:Bob_Geldof|Bob Geldolf]]. Geldof led a group with the Dwarf-oriented name of "The Boomtown ...passion of their playing brings to mind the Blues Brothers' first gig, at Bob's Country Bunker (An American midwestern version of [[Mended Drum|the Drum] ...

...known as "Bobbies" ("Bob" being a shortened form of "Robert" in colloquial English). Another nickname, now defunct, was "Peelers", leading to the concept that ...

...ect to military discipline - they are even known by nicknames such as Daft Bob, Wee Wullie, et c. ...rabs are wondering what the noise is (it's a full Highland pipe band), the English regiment who share the barracks are awake, and German prisoners of war hous ...

...''' "the times they is a-changing" The Times They Are A-Changin' is one of Bob Dylan's most famous songs A shout-out to a bleak old English ballad made relevant by Terry's favourite band, Steeleye Span. The ballad " ...

...id baths of any kind (an affinity with Roundworld musician and soap-dodger Bob Geldof?) has another layer of meaning to his name. Note the concealed "Glod ...ords to have made it the opposite direction and is regularly used in local English. ...

We get the English word ''sabotage'' from French civil disturbances and revolutions. The woode ...block up the hall..."'' (from '''For The Times They Are A-Changin'''', by Bob Dylan) ...

...lthough that is the literal translation, this refers to the inscription on English banknotes, beneath the words "Bank of England", which read "I promise to pa ;p.62 (Harper Paperback):"Someone who can prove they don't need the money?" Bob Hope, "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you ...